Question Concerning Yeast - Autism Spectrum Message Board

Lisa in Indiana · 09-07-2004, 07:39 PM

Okay, am I ever mad.....

Grrrrrrrrr!!!! When my dd was about 16 mths, after receiving her MMR shot, she got a horrible case of diarrhea. It lasted for over a month. With my insistance, my doc finally ordered a stool culture. Well, they called me back after getting the results and said it was negative. There was nothing wrong with her. I have posted before that she was never the same after that.
Ok, this is going somewhere, I just had to lay the ground work first, lol! Well, she has been seeing a DAN doc since July and we had discussed yeast on three different occasions. I kept insisting that my dd does not have a yeast problem. She has never had ear infections or been sick.
Today, I took her to our regular doc for a cold, and we were discussing her latest test results. He is very interested in knowing about her biomedical treatment. We talked about her having a stool culture done recently and that it showed she had a bacterial infection. He asked me which infection and said I wasn't sure...and then, he opened up her chart and flipped to the old test she had at 16 mths (she is 3 now). He told me to look and see that there were only three kinds of infections...salmonella, shigella and something else. The part that stopped me in my tracks...was right at the topped in very bold, black letters with like 5 astericks, it said *****PLEASE NOTE, THIS STOOL SAMPLE WAS LOADED WITH YEAST STRANDS!!!*****
Oh, man, she has had the yeast thing all along and I never knew. I feel so stupid. What now? Should I ask the DAN doc to check for yeast now? What way is yeast treated. I have read so many different things. Anyone have advice for me? I guess that answers why she would eat 5 or 6 pieces of toast everyday, then 2 cheese sandwiches later on. It was always bread, cheese crackers, grilled cheese and then more bread. I didn't make the connection because her favorite crackers were cheese crackers. I just assumed her problem was the cheese. I am just so mad for them not telling me back then there was a yeast problem. My doc said he didn't think it was important to mention it to me then. He said he was sorry today of course, now that he knows about the yeast relation. Oh, well...any advice, and I'd be grateful.
Lisa

2cutekids · 09-08-2004, 09:18 AM

my sons diet was the same starch, starch and more starch... it is was loaded with gluten and diary and he would eat it.

Now about the yeast... ds has never been tested, but I got back to my DAN! dr Monday and I believe that we are gonna start the yeast treatment. It consists of (this is his mind you) 5 different antifungals that he will take over a period of time... like 2-3 mos each. all of the while taking some stuff (probonics, I believe) to build that "good bacteria" in his gut.

That is all I know... the treatment will take like 9 ,mos to compleate and then that should be the end of it. He also didn't have large doses of antibiotics, but they think it comes from the leaky gut...

Lisa in Indiana · 09-08-2004, 09:29 AM

ok, that makes sense...I guess I thought that b/c I had read somewhere that yeast problems were associated with lots of ear infections treated with antibiotics, yeast infections, thrush, etc. She never had any of those problems. Although now thinking back she did always have super red buttocks and the whole entire area was always red when she first started on solids. Her poopy has always has this yeasty kind of smell to it (not trying to be gross). I think it's easy to look back now and say "ahhhh, now I can make the connection". I bet she has had a yeast problem all along, and I just never made the connection. I have read about the probiotics before in the book written by Karyn Seroussi. It was very helpful in understanding all the biomedical treatments. I guess its back to the DAN! doc with more questions and more treatments.

2cutekids · 09-08-2004, 10:04 AM

I also have that book and I have read it 2 x's. It does help alot. If you have any more ?'s, it sounds like we are right on track as far as the DAN! dr goes, we can compair notes...